dost
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editdost
- (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of do
Usage notes
editDoth and dost are generally used as auxiliary verbs; doeth and doest are generally used as main verbs.
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:dost.
Related terms
editAnagrams
editAzerbaijani
editCyrillic | дост | |
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Abjad | دوست |
Etymology
editFrom Classical Persian دوست (dōst).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdost (definite accusative dostu, plural dostlar)
Declension
editDeclension of dost | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | dost |
dostlar | ||||||
definite accusative | dostu |
dostları | ||||||
dative | dosta |
dostlara | ||||||
locative | dostda |
dostlarda | ||||||
ablative | dostdan |
dostlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | dostun |
dostların |
Derived terms
edit- dostluq (“friendship”)
- dost-tanış (“friends and acquaintances”)
Crimean Tatar
editEtymology
editNoun
editdost
Declension
editDeclension of dost
Derived terms
editReferences
editCzech
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech dosti, dost, from Old Czech do- + syt. Compare Polish dość.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editdost
Further reading
editNorthern Kurdish
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Persian دوست (dōst).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdost ?
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editdost n (plural dosturi)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | dost | dostul | dosturi | dosturile | |
genitive-dative | dost | dostului | dosturi | dosturilor | |
vocative | dostule | dosturilor |
References
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editClipping of dosta.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editdost (Cyrillic spelling дост)
- (colloquial) enough, sufficiently
- (colloquial) lots of, plenty of
- (colloquial) rather, quite (+ adjective or adverb)
- Dost depresivno... ― So depressing...
Synonyms
editTurkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish دوست (dost, “lover, friend, sweetheart”), from Classical Persian دوست (dōst).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editdost (definite accusative dostu, plural dostlar)
- friend (often, arkadaş is used instead of dost)
- Synonym: (informal) kanka
- paramour; an illicit male or female lover
Declension
editInflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | dost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | dostu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | dost | dostlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | dostu | dostları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | dosta | dostlara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | dostta | dostlarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | dosttan | dostlardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | dostun | dostların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوست”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 921
Waigali
editAlternative forms
edit- dōšt (Zhonchigal)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Nuristani *dasta, alteration of Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- (“hand”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdost (Nisheigram)[1]
References
edit- Jakob Halfmann (2022) Advances in the historical phonology of the Nuristani languages, in 'International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction 19, page 127
Welsh
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editdost
- Soft mutation of tost.
Mutation
editZazaki
editEtymology
editNoun
editdost
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